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    From TimW@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 9 11:00:33 2021
    I have a big heavy old pillar drill and it is sooo inconvenient for
    woodwork I am thinking of taking it to the scrap yard.

    Where would I find a sensible benchtop machine for drilling? with a
    fence and end stops and support for longer and wider pieces, a better
    reach into the middle of a board, one where the drilling head was moved
    up and down and not the workpiece. Does it exist? or do I have to make
    it myself?

    TW

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  • From Just Wondering@21:1/5 to TimW on Tue Nov 9 10:26:21 2021
    On 11/9/2021 4:00 AM, TimW wrote:
    I have a big heavy old pillar drill and it is sooo inconvenient for
    woodwork I am thinking of taking it to the scrap yard.

    Where would I find a sensible benchtop machine for drilling? with a
    fence and end stops and support for longer and wider pieces, a better
    reach into the middle of a board, one where the drilling head was moved
    up and down and not the workpiece. Does it exist? or do I have to make
    it myself?

    I don't know of a drill press with those specs. I'd start with
    something like a Grizzly G7945 or Shop Fox W1669 and add my own make-it-yourself extended table, fence and end stops. That's what
    I did (my support table is 16"x27" melamine coated MDF with miter
    t-track inserts to hold the fence) and it works pretty well for me.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to TimW on Tue Nov 9 16:09:56 2021
    On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 11:00:33 +0000, TimW <[email protected]> wrote:

    I have a big heavy old pillar drill and it is sooo inconvenient for
    woodwork I am thinking of taking it to the scrap yard.

    Where would I find a sensible benchtop machine for drilling? with a
    fence and end stops and support for longer and wider pieces, a better
    reach into the middle of a board, one where the drilling head was moved
    up and down and not the workpiece. Does it exist? or do I have to make
    it myself?

    If you want a big table (and the price tag just as large):

    <https://www.woodpeck.com/dp-pro-drill-press-table.html>

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  • From whit3rd@21:1/5 to TimW on Tue Nov 9 14:13:10 2021
    On Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 3:00:38 AM UTC-8, TimW wrote:
    I have a big heavy old pillar drill and it is sooo inconvenient for
    woodwork I am thinking of taking it to the scrap yard.

    Where would I find a sensible benchtop machine for drilling? with a
    fence and end stops and support for longer and wider pieces, a better
    reach into the middle of a board, one where the drilling head was moved
    up and down and not the workpiece.

    You need to limit those goals. 'support' for long and wide pieces won't
    be possible on a benchtop unless the work is on the bench, in which case a Portalign jig with hand drill is more useful than a drill press.

    Not sure what 'better reach' requires, but radial drill presses are pricey
    and that reach never did me much good when I had one... Grizzly
    offers one

    <https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-34-benchtop-radial-drill-press/g7945>

    Clones of the old Delta bench drill press models
    abound, have circa 6" throat which will get you to the middle of a 12" board... General plan is motor /belts-and-pulleys/ nontilting head, with tilting table clamped to a round column.

    For preference, I'd want a 1/2" chuck and replaceable motor, and
    change-a-belt speeds (old school, but when something breaks, it's not
    a total-drillpress-replace).

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  • From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to TimW on Wed Nov 10 08:48:32 2021
    On Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 6:00:38 AM UTC-5, TimW wrote:
    I have a big heavy old pillar drill and it is sooo inconvenient for
    woodwork I am thinking of taking it to the scrap yard.

    Where would I find a sensible benchtop machine for drilling? with a
    fence and end stops and support for longer and wider pieces, a better
    reach into the middle of a board, one where the drilling head was moved
    up and down and not the workpiece. Does it exist? or do I have to make
    it myself?

    TW

    This device seems to fulfill your requirements:

    - a fence and end stops and support for longer and wider pieces
    - a better reach into the middle of a board
    - the drilling head is moved up and down and not the workpiece

    You just need to supply the "drill head", although you'd be limited to
    5/8", 1/2" and 5mm as your initial hole sizes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZirTF0MQpI&t=73s

    https://www.woodpeck.com/ott-ultimate-doweling-jig2-0-2021.html

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  • From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 11 06:07:57 2021
    On Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 11:48:34 AM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 6:00:38 AM UTC-5, TimW wrote:
    I have a big heavy old pillar drill and it is sooo inconvenient for woodwork I am thinking of taking it to the scrap yard.

    Where would I find a sensible benchtop machine for drilling? with a
    fence and end stops and support for longer and wider pieces, a better
    reach into the middle of a board, one where the drilling head was moved
    up and down and not the workpiece. Does it exist? or do I have to make
    it myself?

    TW
    This device seems to fulfill your requirements:

    - a fence and end stops and support for longer and wider pieces
    - a better reach into the middle of a board
    - the drilling head is moved up and down and not the workpiece

    You just need to supply the "drill head", although you'd be limited to
    5/8", 1/2" and 5mm as your initial hole sizes.

    Typo...make that 5/16", not 5/8"


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZirTF0MQpI&t=73s

    https://www.woodpeck.com/ott-ultimate-doweling-jig2-0-2021.html

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